Compare and contrast: Holding Out Hope On the Drying Rio Grande
Inside Climate News The once-mighty river is barely a trickle through much of West Texas. Scientists and advocates say local initiatives could be scaled up to restore flows to the […]
Compare and contrast: China’s ‘Hawaii’ under water as tropical storm dumps record rainfall
Reuters For a third day, extreme rainfall pounded the southern Chinese province of Hainan, known as China’s “Hawaii”, amid the transit of yet another tropical cyclone, leaving the island half-submerged […]
Compare and contrast: Spain’s deadliest floods in decades kill at least 64 people
Reuters At least 64 people have been killed in the deadliest flooding to hit Spain for three decades after torrential rain battered the eastern region of Valencia on Tuesday, leaving […]
First of six units begin generating power at B.C.’s Site C dam
The Canadian Press BC Hydro says in a statement that the first of six generating units on the Site C dam has begun operations after completing testing and commissioning procedures. […]
Climate, dead zones and fish: Solving a ‘wicked problem’ in Lake Erie and beyond
Science Daily A research collaboration has developed a simple model to help inform the complex decision-making that goes into managing water quality and fishery output in Lake Erie and similar […]
Compare and contrast: ‘My life has improved’: Water tower and rationing bring hope to drought-stricken community in Zambia
EuroNews Green Brought by the naturally occurring El Ni o weather pattern, the drought has triggered emergency responses in at least five countries.” A prolonged drought in Southern Africa has […]
Compare and contrast: Millions in the US may rely on groundwater contaminated with PFAS for drinking water supplies
Phys.org Approximately 71 to 95 million people in the Lower 48 states more than 20% of the country’s population may rely on groundwater that contains detectable concentrations of per- and […]
Compare and contrast: Asheville Has Tap Water, but No One Knows When It Will Be Drinkable
The New York Times Nearly a month after the remnants of Hurricane Helene ravaged western North Carolina, running water has now been restored to most of the region around Asheville […]
Compare and contrast: Water for a Desert Lake in Algeria
NASA Earth Observatory Projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate that while parts of the Sahara may receive more rainfall as global temperatures increase, other parts may […]
Compare and contrast: ‘Environmental nonsense’: Here’s why France wants to ban bottled water
EuroNews Green A French politician has called for a ban on small plastic water bottles, calling them “completely absurd” and “environmental nonsense”. In France, at least 13 billion plastic bottles […]